Hope, Religiosity, and Mental Health in U.S. Veterans and Active Duty Military with PTSD Symptoms.

CONCLUSION: Hope is inversely related to PTSD, depression, and anxiety in Veterans and ADM with PTSD symptoms. Although religiosity is positively related to hope, independent of demographic, military, social, and psychological factors, it does not buffer the negative relationships between hope and PTSD, depression, or anxiety. While further research is warranted, particularly longitudinal studies capable of addressing questions about causality, providing support for the existing religious beliefs of current and former military personnel may help to enhance hope and mental health in the setting of severe combat-related trauma. PMID: 31247101 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research